Timothy Knapman is both writer and playwright. He was cast adrift on a boat made of books when he was very small, but made his way to Surrey where he now lives. He is the author of Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates, Mungo and the Dinosaur Island, The Twelve Unicorns of Christmas, and the smash hit Dinosaurs in the Supermarket.

David Tazzyman grew up in Leicester, studied illustration at Manchester Metropolitan University, and then travelled around Asia for three years before moving to London in 1997. He likes football, cricket, biscuits, music, and drawing. He dislikes celery.